Fastening means for compacts, refills, containers, and the like



Dec. l l, 1945.l

E. R. WITHERSPOON FASTENING MEANS FOR COMPACTS, REFILLS, CONTAINERS ANDTHE'LIKE Original Filed Nov. 13, 1936 Patented Dec. 11, 1945 T 1" F'FIFASTENING MEANS FOR COMPACTS, RE-

FILLS, CONTAINERS, AND THE LIKE Edith R. Witherspoon, Englewood, N. J.

Original application November 13, 1936, Serial No. 110,573. Divided andthis application April 11, 1942, Serial No. 438,605

` lClaim.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 110,573 filedNovember 13, 1936 and now matured into Patent No. 2,279,356.

'I'his invention relates to compacts, refills, containers, cartons andthe like, and particularly to a novelfastening means therefor.

One object of the invention is a reiillable compact characterized bysimplicity in construction, the economy with which it may bemanufactured and the facilitywith which it may be refilled.

A further object of the invention is a novel fastening means which maybe employed for rellable i compacts, boxes, lids, shields for radiotubes, containers, etc.

Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear- Vand Fig. 7 isa plan view illustrating the fastening of the insert in the casing.

Referring to the drawing and particularly to Figs. 1 to 5, I haveillustrated a compact embodying one form of my invention. The inventionis embodied in a compact I, having a bottom 2 and a lid 3, and itisunderstood that the compact may be of any shape, form or constructiondesired, so long as itembodies the refillable fastening feature of theinvention. The refill is indicated at 4 and this embodies a base 5 whichis compacted on its upper surface with powder B or the like to becarried by the base 5. The base 5 of the refill carries on the undersidethereof a fastening tongue 1 which is tapered in width, as indicated,

` and.which is curved to have on one side a convex edge 8 and on itsother side a concave edge 9. In

`the particular embodiment shown the tongue'l is soldered, welded orotherwise fastened to the base 5 or it may be provided with an integralfastening clip IIl which is passed through a slot II formed in the base5, extended along the upper surface of the base 5 to the peripherythereof, and then passed around the edge to and in contactwith the lowersurface thereof. The clip I0 thus forms a U-grip about the edge of thebase 5. Cooperating with this fastening tongue I is a tongue I2 fastenedto the bottom 2 of the casing. This tongue I2 extends inwardly from amain body part I3 lying flat against the bottom 2 and soldered orotherwise fastened thereto. The body part I3 i may, if desired, also befastened to the bottom 2 by means of an integrally formed clip I4 whichis passed downwardly through a slot I5 formed kin the bottom 2 and thenextended outwardly along the bottom surface of the bottom 2 to theperipheral edge I6 of the casing where it then passes through anotherslot or opening similar to I5 and the end I'I of the clip is thenflattened against the upper surface of the bottom 2 as shown in thedrawing.

With the construction shown, the rell 4 may be readily inserted in placeor removed from the casing with the tongue I2 extending beyond thecenter of the casing, and with the particular form and shape of thetongue I the inserting and removing operations are simplified andfacilitated. For example, when it is desired to remove an insert 4, acombined pressing down and twisting movement of the rell with respect tothe bottom casing will facilitate the disengagement Vof the tongue Ifrom underneath the tongue I2.

Similarly, when the rell 4 is inserted, it is first positioned in thecasing with the tongue I or the outer end thereof disposed to one sideof the tongue I2, whereupon the refill is given a similar movement tobring the tongue 'I underneath the tongue I2, as indicated in Fig. 7,the turned up end of tongue I2 (Fig. 2) facilitating the engagement. Theinsertion of a refill may be effected by positioning the same on theshallow bottom part 2 with the tip of the tapered tongue 'I in aposition to slide under the tip of the tongue I2 and then imparting tothe rell and the bottom part 2 relative sliding and rotary movements tobring the concave side-9 of the tongue I into the position indicated inFig. '7. The refill and fastening means for the refill Vand case may bevery inexpensively manufactured on a quantity production basis and therell may be removed very simply and with the greatest facility withoutthe need for any special tools. Practice has demonstrated that theparticular shape of the tongue 1 with the convex and concave sidescontributes toward and facilitates the interlocking and disengagementoperations.

VI claim:

A compact comprising a circular casing having a bottom and adiametrically positioned metallic tongueiajttaichedatwone-:end only` at'against the inner surface of said bottom and extending from the line ofattachment to a point beyond the center thereof and a flat circularreiill having a K base plate with a cooperaitng tongue similarlyattached at against the bottom surface thereof 10 edge lying againstsaid line of attachment.

EDITH iR. WITHERSPOON.

